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Laura Yallop said the number of angry drivers has become very noticeable since she moved away from Cambridge.

She said: "So I lived in Cambridge for most of my life until earlier this year when I moved to Cornwall, and no kidding it IS aggression and impatience on the roads up Cambridgeshire.

"I have driven back up twice and the change in attitudes of drivers compared to other areas is majorly noticeable. It's not the road at all. Have driven on the A14 so many times I should have worn a groove in the road and no near misses or accidents."

Jayne Allen wrote: "GRRRRR....THE A14 IS NOT DANGEROUS, no more than any other road!!"

Stephen Gooch agreed, saying: "Absolutely, I hate the phrase 'that's a bad stretch of road' it's drivers that are the problem not the roads!!"

But others said the A14's poor design was the main reason for accidents.

Charlee Sturgess said part of the problem was that the road 'isn't a motorway but it should be'.

Twitter user Rick Wildridge agreed.

Emma Marie Lennon added: "I do think the Quy slip road is bad, you can't see till last minute if it's clear to join and if you're on the A14 you can't see people coming.

"It doesn't help that half the drivers think they have a right to join from a slip road no matter what."

Naomi Wood said on Twitter that there are four main problems with the A14's design.

Elizabeth Perrella said the A14 has 'always been a Russian roulette every time you drive on it', adding: "It's not fit for purpose."

Some motorists cited the speed restrictions through the roadworks as the problem.

Julia Silk said: "Probably because of the speed restrictions of 40mph due to road reconstruction and people not keeping to speed limits, bad weather, careless driving...sad that we have had so many accidents in the past few months."

But Karen Angela Grace disagreed, saying: "It was just the same before the speed limit, and I have to say as someone that joins it from Barhill people do stick to it there, but everything else, yep it's the driving down one side then cutting in quickly, especially around Girton interchange that I see daily, causes many an accident."

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Peter Weaving defended lorry drivers. He said: "As a lorry driver myself, it's not the road or roadworks it's the drivers that use the roads.

"People are always in a hurry to get somewhere, try leaving home earlier then you car drivers would not be driving along with toast in your mouths and cups of coffee or tea while driving. At the end of the day it's the person behind the wheel."

Kim Harding also defended HGVs and said cars were the real problem. She said: "No bad roads, just bad drivers, impatient, don't drive to the conditions, drive too fast.

"Lorries not to blame for all crashes/collisions, car drivers don't think about space needed to slow down quickly, lorry drivers leave a space, cars fill the gap!!"